Thankfully, the “reachability” gesture (swipe down on the bottom-center of the screen) lets you get to the “top” of the screen without fumbling the phone. Even with my big hands, reaching across the screen or swipe typing is a chore. It’s downright awkward to use in one hand for anything beyond scrolling through feeds or holding the phone to read. Only you know if that’s worth dealing with. The phone is downright massive, and tough to handle. It feels like a lost opportunity to not give the Max a little more capability in the software, to help utilize that screen size, especially now that we’re a few generations into these Max phones, and with developments in the same area on iPadOS. There are also people who don’t have great vision and appreciate a phone that just makes everything huge. The media experience is only enhanced by this larger screen, and some people really do spend hours a day watching video on their phones - the 12 Pro Max delivers an excellent experience there. That bigger screen is still appreciated when you’re watching video, playing games, taking and editing photos and video, browsing nonmobile websites, and typing with two hands. You can drop the text size down, which is what I’ve done (by one notch), and that at least helps you make a little more use of the screen. You can use the “zoom” function to make everything on the screen bigger, but you can’t go the other way and make content smaller, which is what a lot of people want. In Twitter, you see maybe an extra half of a tweet. For example, in Gmail, you see one more email in the inbox. Apps mostly just scale up to fit the screen, rather than keep elements the same size and show you more content. Even though you can put widgets on the home screen now, you don’t have any extra room to put them you’re still stuck to the same 4×6 grid size. You can’t do any different multitasking than you can on any other iPhone, nor do you get much more utility out of picture-in-picture video viewing. And iOS 14 looks and operates exactly the same on this 6.7-inch display as it does on the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 Mini. However, as the “normal” iPhones have gotten larger, now up to 6.1-inch displays, they really don’t feel so cramped, which subsequently makes the iPhone 12 Pro Max feel less necessary. The important thing is that the 12 Pro Max gives you an appreciable amount of additional screen than most phones in the lower 6-inch range. Really, you wouldn’t notice a usable difference between this 6.7-inch screen and any other big Android out there. The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is larger, and pairs its display with even smaller bezels, but it’s also a bit taller as a result. Of course it’s not the biggest phone display out there, but it’s close. It’s not the biggest phone display out there, but it’s close. These are all of the same assessments I had of the iPhone 12 Pro’s display, mind you, but I appreciate it all over again in this bigger size. But even still, Apple does things with software that make 60Hz still look good. I can’t find a flaw with it … well, other than it doesn’t have a 90Hz (or higher) refresh rate like the Android competition. It’s perfectly viewable in all lighting, including outside, even when the brightness isn’t cranked up while viewing HDR content. The OLED panel is absolutely gorgeous - incredibly bright, crisp, and colorful. It’s now up to 6.7-inches, and the effect of this year’s smaller bezels is enhanced by their proportional size to the screen area. The major selling point of the iPhone 12 Pro Max is the same as it ever was: You get a massive display. If you haven’t yet read all about the iPhone 12 Pro, I strongly encourage you to read my complete review of the 12 Pro first, and come back here for the details specific to the 12 Pro Max. This is just an iPhone 12 Pro scaled up - and that’s mostly a good thing. Face ID continues to be excellent (our current mask-wearing situation notwithstanding), as does the tactile feel of the buttons, mute switch, and haptic feedback - these are the little things that Apple is so good at. The same A14 Bionic processor, 6GB ( reportedly) of RAM, 128/256/512GB storage options, 5G connectivity, Ceramic Shield glass, speakers, and on down the list. Everywhere else, you get the same specs and features as the standard 12 Pro, without a single drawback.
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